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King Kong Escapes (キングコングの逆襲 - Kingu Kongu no Gyakushû, literally "King Kong Strikes Back" or "King Kong's Counterattack") is a 1967 U.S./Japanese tokusatsu film produced by Toho and Rankin/Bass and released in America by Universal Studios. It was an adaptation of episodes of Rankin/Bass and Toei Animation's The King Kong Show
cartoon series. As with King Kong vs. Godzilla
, Eiji Tsuburaya served as director of special effects.

An evil genius named Dr. Who (not to be confused with the British science fiction television series of the same name, nor that series's main character) has created a robotic Kong (sometimes referred to as Mechani-Kong in the Japanese version) in order to dig for a highly radioactive element called Element X. When it fails they kidnap the real King Kong from his island and hypnotize him to dig for Element X. He soon snaps out of it and swims off to Tokyo. King Kong and Mechani-Kong fight on Tokyo Tower, with the fate of the city hanging in the balance. This was also the first film to feature Gorosaurus.

Cast

Commander Carl Nelson - Rhodes Reason
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura - Akira Takarada
Lt. Susan Watson - Linda Miller
Dr. Who - Hideyo Amamoto (as Eisei Amamoto)
Madame Piranha - Mie Hama
Voices in US Version - Paul Frees
Voices in US Version - Julie Bennett
King Kong - Haruo Nakajima
Mechani-Kong - Hiroshi Sekita

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